Ironing-table.



No. 65u33. Patented lune 5, |900.` s. H. DELPHY,

IRONING TABLE.

(Application filed May 26, 1899.)

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A* v i@ NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. DELPHY, OF HINSDALE, NEW' HAMPSHIRE.

IRoNlNG-TABLE.

SHIFIATON forming part of Letters Patent N o. 651,133, dated June 5, 190D.

Appnmion and May ze, 1899. senti No. 718,322. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. DELPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hinsdale, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and usen ful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which after ironing, an improved extensibleironingboard for ironing articles of smaller dimensions than can be manipulated on the main board, and other details of construction hereinafter set forth; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts of the table, all as hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a plan View, of an ironing-table constructed according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottom or under side of the table. Fig. 4 is an end elevation looking at the left-hand end of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A B C D indicate, respectively, the two side rails and the two end rails of the top frame of the ironingtable, the said side rails being secured by their ends to the tops of said end rails near the ends of the latter and extend convergingly from one end to the other, whereby the y opening therebetween conforms to the tapering form of the ironing-board below referred to. E and F indicate, respectively, the two pairs of legs at the extremities of said frame, which are hinged under the latter in such a way that they can be folded toward the center for packing the same compactly for transportation or other purposes. H indicates folding braces between said frame and the folding legs. I indicates the main ironingboard, which is hinged by one end to the wider end of said frame and is narrower than the opening between the side rails of the latter, to the end that there shall be openings opposite each side of said ironing board, which provide for hanging parts of articles which are to be ironed upon said board between the edge of said board and said rails and so providing for conveniently moving said articles to be ironed over said board and along the same from end to end. A'supplemental ironing-board J is pivoted by one end under said main ironing-board I at 5 and extends considerably beyond the smaller end of the latter and provides conveniences for ironing smaller articles, which may be drawn over the free end of said supplemental board, such as sleeves and similar portions of garments. The said supplemental board is adapted to be folded or swung around under said main board, whereby it is brought wholly under the latter and is there held in folded position. K indicates a clothes-holding rail which is hinged to the edge of the said frame and provides conveniences for further drying ironed garments by hanging. them thereon when swung outwardly, as in Fig. 2, and when the table is folded and put away it is swung over and inside of said side rail B into the open space between the latter and the edge of the ironing-board I, as shown in Fig. 3. The said leg-braces H are of round iron and generally of U-shaped form, and one is hinged to each of said legs by eyebolts or staples, through which their central portions pass, (shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4,) in such positions that when the legs E and F are swung to upright positions, as shown in said Fig. 1, the two extremities of said braces, which are outwardly bent, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, may be hooked into the staples o o on the under sides of the side rails A B, thereby holding said legs firmly in position to support the table. Each of said legs is connectedto the under side of said table-frame by a hinge m, having a pivot-bearing leaf n, to which latter-named leaf the upper end of each leg-bar is pivoted, and thereby each pair of legs is free to have its extremities swung inward and outward for adjusting the ends of the table to different heights. Each of said legs is slotted at o, and an adjustable bolt z passes through the slots of each pair, whereby the latter are secured in any desired position for holding the ironing-board of the table at different heights to accommodate persons of varying stature.

An outwardly and inwardly sliding wire IOO clothes-frame zu, of U shape, is applied to the wider end of the table, which provides additional ineans for hanging ironed clothes for the purpose of airing and drying them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

An ironing-table comprising a top frame having a tapering opening between its side and end bars, suitable folding legs attached to said frame, an ironing-board of like tapering form narrower than the space between the side rails of said frame, hinged by its wider end to the wider end of said frame and having its free end resting on the opposite end bar thereof, thereby leaving the longi tudinal openings at each edge of said board, a clothes-holding bar hinged on the edge of said frame and folding into one of said openings, and a sleeve-ironing board pivotally attached to the under side of said first-named board, and extensible beyond the end of said frame, substantially as described.

GEORGE H. DELPHY.

Witnesses 4 Y I-I. A. CHAPIN, K. I. CLEMONS. 

